Startup Dimensional pays people to walk robot dogs to train AI agents
AIDimensional, a San Francisco startup, pays people $20 an hour to walk four-legged robot dogs, according to the New York Times, to collect training data for operating systems that let machines act more independently with AI agents. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement planned to spend up to $2m on robot dogs made by Boston Dynamics, per an earlier report.
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Original title: Very good boys? The dark, dystopian rise of robot dogs | Arwa Mahwadi